Shattered Time
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| "Chapter One: Shattered Time" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #49 | ||||||||||||
| Writers | Benson Yee & Pete Sinclair with Matt Frank | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Matt Frank | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Matt Frank | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Thomas Deer | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Managing editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Shattered Glass | ||||||||||||
Two ships, flung through time and space, crash on prehistoric Earth.
Synopsis
Following the transportation of Classicverse Earth to the universe known as "Shattered Glass", two ships erupt into space near the new universe's native Earth. Aboard the Graviton, the Autobots struggle to keep the ship working while Grimlock makes unhelpful remarks. On the Talon, Megatron smells victory, but the Seacons helpfully point out that their own ship is caught in the planet's gravity well.
The Graviton hits dirt, and Prowl reports that there's a strange radiation reading outside. Grimlock impatiently heads out of the ship, only to find himself overloading and in danger of stasis lock. Over at the crashed Decepticon ship, Megatron orders Tentakil and Nautilator to go scout outside. The pair do so, and find a herd of buffalo that they decide to blast. Unluckily for them, they suddenly experience the same energy effects as Grimlock did earlier, and while they're incapacitated, the buffalo trample them to pieces.
With Grimlock in a CR chamber, Prowl reveals that the raw energon on this new world is a strange type that gives off radiation harmful to Transformers, however he has come up with a solution combining Pretender and Powermaster technology to give them all organic modes. Soon the five Autobots are taking their new beast modes out for a spin.
Meanwhile, Megatron has eschewed the idea of organic alternate modes in favor of new forms integrating energon-absorbing armor. He, Dirge and the remaining Seacons are soon outfitted with new bodies, and Megatron promises to bring war to this new untamed planet.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Quotes
"If I were him, I'd wanna blast the closest thing I could find... Those would do in a pinch. Organics make the most wonderful popping noises!"
"A delightful idea! Let's have at-"
- —Tentakil and Nautilator shortly before getting their comeuppance.
"So, let us wipe across this untamed planet, and tear it asunder to its very screaming molecules. Their seas will run red, their mountains crumble, their forests burn, and all will know, beast or Autobot, the true meaning of war!"
- —Megatron has a few ideas for improving the environment.
Notes
- The events of this installment parallel the beginning of "Beast Wars (Part 1)". As in Beast Wars, Earth has two moons.
- While the Autobots adopt beast modes corresponding to their Beast Wars toys, Megatron takes on his "Hero" form, Dirge has Beast Wars II Dirge's body and likewise the Seacons now use the colors of their Beast Wars II counterparts.
- Nautilator has no Beast Wars II counterpart, which may explain why he was promptly killed off, however Tentakil has one in Scylla.
- Grimlock's new raptor mode has feathers! Not enough of them, though.
